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Conquistadors In Outer Space – New Release

January 30, 2013 by Cornelia Amiri

Announcing my new Steampunk/Romance, Conquistadors In Outer Space, coming this Friday, February 1st. The subtitle is Ana’s Interplanetary Conquest.

Henri de Montaut, from De la terre à la lune (From the earth to the moon), by Jules Verne, Paris (Hetzel), 18??

In an alternate history of 1610 AD, the King of Spain commissions the creation of giant cannons, fashioned from Leonardo Da Vinci’s design, for the purpose of blowing the island of England to the bottom of the ocean. Since that country separated from papal authority, Spain has the approval of the church to separate England from the rest of Europe. Then, after an interrogation by priests with the inquisition, Galileo sees a faraway dot in the night sky with his new telescope. He shows the pope planet X, an actual New World Spain can claim and all the inhabitants can be converted to Christianity. Also all the gold and riches discovered there will belong to Spain alone. So they find a way to use the cannons to that end instead.

Thrown off the Spanish estate she worked at all her life, Ana, a milkmaid, seeks a new life. Disguised as a rich widow, she boards a rocket, to be blasted out of a huge cannon, and targeted for the newly discovered planet, X.  Sparks fly when she finds Ramon, the only man she ever loved, heir of the estate she worked on, is flying to Planet X as well. As the Spanish governor of Plant X searches for gold, the treasure Ramon seeks is Ana. His conquest is challenging, though he swears to protect and love her, as a noble he cannot marry a peasant. Ana cannot deny her desire for Ramon, but she will not be his mistress. Will his conquest of her heart succeed or will Ana make a life for herself alone amid the wonders and dangers of Planet X.

Excerpt:

In an instant the loudest boom and ka-chung noises he ever heard rattled his ears as the metal projectile shook violently. He clenched his teeth as every muscle in his body quaked with the blast.

“It is the Estrella. It is hurdling through space to planet X.”

He recognized the voice of the priest who strapped him in. Ana’s ship, De Nunez had told him. “Is all well,” he yelled out. “Did they lift off safely?”

Now that he had found her again, he needed to protect her. Once they arrived on planet X, he would seize this second chance to win her heart for she’d stolen his long ago.

“Si.” The priest’s tone held a tinge of awe. “In a blaze of light they blasted through the heavens. They are in God’s hands now.”

Ramon let out a long breath of relief. Ana was safe, shooting through space. The Estrella had cast off and the Juanita would soon follow. When his rocket blasted off in an explosion of light and fire, he wouldn’t hear anything.

He felt his mind loose itself in drowsiness. He shut his eyes under the power of this death like sleep and prayed in twenty years he would wake. When he did, he’d be on Planet X with the woman he’d always loved. He knew for the next twenty years of the voyage, he would dream of Ana.

Contest: Comment below to enter my new release contest to win a PDF Ebook of Conquistadors In Outer Space.

Maeve Alpin, Steampunk Romance Author

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Posted in Alternate History, Authors, Books, Contest, Da Vinci, Jules Verne, multicultural, releases, Steampunk, women | Tagged book releases, Conquistadors In Outer Space, Contest, Maeve Alpin, Steampunk, steampunk authors, Steampunk Fiction, steampunk romance | 8 Comments

8 Responses

  1. on January 30, 2013 at 7:11 am Diana Driver

    Love the concept!!! Please enter me in your contest knowing that if I don’t win, I’ll still buy this book!!!


  2. on January 30, 2013 at 7:38 am Alden Ash

    Sounds Fun! Please count me in!


  3. on January 30, 2013 at 7:58 am Pauline Baird Jones

    What fun concept! Congrats!


  4. on January 30, 2013 at 9:00 am FredTownWard

    You had me at “giant cannons” although I’m not sure this qualifies as Steampunk.

    How about “GunPowderPunk”?


  5. on January 30, 2013 at 11:32 am maevealpin

    Thank you for your comments, Alden, Pauline, and Fred. I really appreciate it. I’m glad you like this fun story, it also has a flying ship based on Da Vinci’s designs, which I greatly enhanced to make it work steampunk style.


  6. on January 31, 2013 at 5:02 pm Heather Massey

    Pick me! Pick me!

    The story sounds fun–congrats on the release!


  7. on January 31, 2013 at 11:46 pm Maeve Alpin

    Thank you so much for your kind words Heather, I appreciate it.


  8. on February 10, 2013 at 1:51 am maeve alpin

    Hi everyone, thank you all for the wonderful comments. I appreciate it so much. The winner of the PDF eBook of Conquistadors In Outer Space is Heather Massey. Congratulations Heather.



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